Why are we so afraid to talk about obesity?

    Jo Ellison /Channel NewsAsia I just don’t understand why, in addressing the subject of body image, we must now use jargon designed to obfuscate the issues, says one observer at the Financial Times. “If you carry on eating all that crap, you’re going to get fat.” I said that to my daughter about three years…

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      Dhaka-Moscow military talks Dec 3-5

      Desk report Moscow has proposed to hold the first-ever Russian-Bangladesh Working Group on Military-Technical Cooperation in Dhaka in December 3-5 when general election is likely to be held in the same month, according to officials in ministries. Russia has also expressed its willingness to cooperate in improving radar and air defence missile systems for the…

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        Stocks witness downtrend in early trading

        Desk Report: The prices of most of the shares saw a downward trend in the early hour of trading Sunday as investors were mostly on selling binge, fearing further fall of stock prices. Brokers said the ongoing pessimism coupled with fear of political unrest ahead of the upcoming national election, persuading them to sell-off their…

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          BNP rolls 7-point charter, Khaleda’s release top agenda

          M Humayun Kabir BNP yesterday rolled out a seven-point charter, prioritizing Khaleda Zia’s unconditional release from jail, at their rally in the city. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the disclosure of the charter, focusing on the upcoming general election and for a nonpartisan election-time government, reports The Daily Star. The party demanded…

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            Non-fiction Book Fair kicks off at DU

            Desk Report Publishers and research organizations have set up 21 stalls at the fair. The three-day non-fiction Book Fair has begun on the premises of the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University (DU). DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor M Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the fair by releasing colorful balloons around 10:30am on Sunday. Addressing the ceremony before…

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              Five ‘JMB militants’ held in Natore

              Desk Report Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have detained five suspected operatives of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Boraigram upazila of Natore early today. One of the detainees was identified as Jubayer Hossain, who was said to be the regional chief of the militant outfit, our Natore correspondent reports quoting Assistant Superin-tendent of Police…

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